CV

Education

New York University - Tisch School of the Arts
Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film and Television
BFA
2018

Employment

2026 - Present
Kibble Farm
Author & Illustrator

2024 - Present
Pixel Inc
Director of Animation - Full Time

2024 - 2026
BBC Select Holiday Yule Logs - 3D Animator

2024 - 2025
Kodansha House Manga Museum (Kodansha Publishers) - Previs Artist

2024 - 2025
Young World (Penguin Random House) - Illustrator

2024
Foot Locker FLX Rewards - 3D Animator

2023 - 2024
Anchor Worldwide (Advertising Agency) - Lead 3D Artist and Editor - Full Time

2023 - 2025
Commercial Film Production - Previs Artist - Freelance

2023 - 2024
The Mischief of Math - Illustrator - Contract

2023
Mayo Studios - Interior Design 3D Artist - Contract

2023 - 2024
Commercial Film Production - Storyboard Artist - Freelance

2021 - 2022
Polarized: The Graphic Novel - Illustrator - Contract

2021
Blue’s Big City Adventure - Grip & Electric Department - Contract

2018 - 2021
Independent Films & Commercials - Director of Photography - Freelance

2019 - 2020
SNL Digital Shorts - Grip & Electric Department - Freelance

2018 - 2019
Chieco Studio - Creative Assistant - Full Time

Areas of Practice

Animation
Illustration
3D Modeling/Rendering
Children’s Media
IP Development
Previsualization
Cinematography and Imaging
Post Production
Product Marketing

Published Works

Kibble Farm: Fishes
Self Published
Author and Illustrator
2026

Young World
by Soman Chainani
Published by Penguin Random House
Illustrator
2025

The Mischief of Math: Short Stories of Clowns, Contortionists, and Court-Jesters
by Bud Mishra, Inavamsi Enaganti, Nivedita Ganesh
Published by World Scientific
2024

Festivals & Grants

London-Worldwide Comedy Short Film Festival
2024

LA Comedy Film Festival
2024

New York City Short Comedy Festival
2024

First Run Film Festival
2023

National Board of Review
2023

New Faces New Voice
2022

New Filmmakers New York
2022

Independent Shorts Awards
2022

Rhode Island International Film Festival
2022

Boston Underground Film Festival
2022

Taiwanese-American Film Festival
2021

Lancer Family Finishing Grant
2016

Panavision New Filmmakers Grant
2016

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I’m Alex Lu, a filmmaker, animator, author, and illustrator and based in NYC.